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Driving Instructor

Handsworth, Sheffield
2 weeks ago
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Can you support the next generation of fire engine drivers?

Do you want to work for an organisation which makes a difference?

Driving Instructor
Salary: £31,067 - £33,366 (Grade 6)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time – 37 hours per week
Work Pattern: 9 day fortnight (with weekend and night time commitment, see JD)
Location: SYFR Training and Development Centre, Handsworth, Sheffield, S13

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue wants current, approved driving instructors (ADI) who have held their LGV/CAT C license for a minimum of three years to join its crucial and high-performing Driver Training Team.

Your role will be to train staff in driving a range of frontline vehicles from fire engines (using blue lights and sirens) to the safe operating of support vehicles such as fork lift trucks.

Ideally, you’ll have experience of emergency response, blue-light driving – but it’s not essential.

Working within our existing experienced Driver Training team, you will play an active role in developing novice and experienced drivers to a high standard of competency.

You’ll need to display high-levels of integrity and flexibility, demonstrate evidence of developing driver skills across a range of vehicles through one-to-one tuition and supporting training material. You’ll be training in everything from fork lift trucks and off-road vehicles, to Manitou and aerial fire appliances.

You’ll work a 9 day fortnight (5 days week one, then 4 days in week two), although for the first three months you may be asked to work Monday to Friday to assist in skill acquisition.

In return we offer a positive, learning environment, lots of development opportunities and access to some incredible benefits and discounts- from free gym access and money off at high-street stores, to a good pension, generous holidays and access to free wellbeing support for you and your household.

The closing date for completed applications is 1200hrs on Monday 21 July 2025.
Interviews and a short assessed drive will be held week commencing 4 August 2025 at our Training Centre in Handsworth, Sheffield.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

New starters will commence on the bottom of the salary grade and will receive increases to the top of the grade on an incremental basis. We offer 28 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus Bank Holidays. Annual leave increases after 5 years’ service to 32 days, followed by an extra day a year up to a maximum of 37 days. We also operate a generous flexi time attendance scheme.

Other benefits include; a cycle 2 work scheme, a free on site gym, enhanced maternity and paternity schemes and the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.

All applications will be given equal consideration and we particularly welcome applications from individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds, women, those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Other (LGBT+) or are disabled as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce. SYFR also offer a guaranteed interview scheme in relation to disability and further details of this can be found on our website.

Applications from job share candidates will be considered and all applications will be given equal consideration.

Please note the appointment is subject to successful pre-employment screening i.e. asylum and immigration check, references, medical screening, substance misuse testing and Disclosure Scotland Criminal Records Check or Enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB) if applicable.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff are expected to share this commitment.

If you require any of our recruitment documents in larger print, please contact the SYFR recruitment team.

No agencies please

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